Summer 1981
[West Branch, Iowa]: Toothpaste Press, 1983. 5" x 7" Announcement for Helen Adam's Fall 1983 book The Bells of Dis. More
American Literature
Proceedings on the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the permanent settlement of Weymouth, with an historical address by Charles Francis Adams, Jr. July 4th, 1874
Boston: Wright & Potter, state printers, 1874. 8vo, pp. 107, [1]; original glazed yellow wrappers printed in red and black; spine a bit cracked with small loss; otherwise very good. More
A college fetich. An address delivered before the Harvard chapter of the fraternity of the Phi Beta Kappa, in Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, June 28, 1883
Boston: Lea & Shepard; New York: Charles T. Dillingham, 1883. First edition, 8vo, pp. 38; original drab printed wrappers; very good. More
Democracy. An American novel
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1882. 12mo, pp. [4], [2], 374, [2], [6] ads; original orange printed wrappers, faded, bottom third of spine perished, the whole slightly stained, but the binding is sound; good. Ownership signature at the top of the front wrapper of Harold M. Sewall. This is..... More
Signed by Adams
A letter to American teachers of history
Washington, [D.C.]: [press of J.H. Furst Co., Baltimore], 1910. First edition, signed by Henry Adams at the end of the introductory letter; 12mo, pp. vi, 214, [2]; original green cloth, spine a bit sunned and with a small snag in the cloth (not effecting any lettering), otherwise very good. "In..... More
Her lullaby
N.p. printed for Léonie Adams, 1947. 12mo, pp. [4]; fine in original blue handmade paper wrappers. "An educator, consultant, editor, and poet, Léonie Adams was best known for her lyric poetry reminiscent of both the Romantic and Metaphysical periods. Her poetry won her several awards, including the Harriet Monroe Poetry..... More
In school and out. By Oliver Optic
New York: Street and Smith Corporation, n.d. [ca. 1925]. 12mo, pp. [6] ads (i.e. pp. 40-[45), [2], [5]-209, [11] ads (i.e. pp. 21-31); original pictorial wrappers; pages toned; very good. Issued as No. 131 in the publisher's Alger Series. More
Circus day.
Akron: Saalfield Publishing, 1903. (Second unauthorized edition), 8vo, pp. 112, numerous illustration in text by John T. McCutcheon; pictorial green cloth stamped in red and white; slightly soiled back cover, else very good. Russo p.16. More
In pastures new.
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1906. First edition, 8vo, pp.[vii], 309, [3], frontispiece and illustrations throughout text by Albert Levering; red pictorial cloth, gilt stamped letters, top edge trimmed, slightly worn, else good or better. Russo p. 69. More
True bills.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. First edition, 12mo, pp. [viii], 154; numerous illustrations throughout text, tan decorative cloth, worn and soiled, else good. Russo p. 67. More
The girl proposition. A bunch of he and she fables.
New York: R.H. Russell, 1902. First edition, sm. 8vo, pp. [xii],192, frontispiece by John T. McCutcheon, numerous others throughout text by various artists; tan cloth with pictorial printed paper label on cover; slightly worn, else very good. Russo p.42. More
People you know.
New York: R.H. Russell, 1903. First edition, sm. 8vo, pp. 224, [1], frontispiece by McCutcheon, and others throughout text; light blue decorative cloth, faded spine, else good. Russo p. 51. More
H.L.M. The Mencken bibliography.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, [1961]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [3], 367; 8 illus. on rectos and versos of 4 plates; jacket slightly rubbed, else fine. More
Bend this heart: short stories
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1989. 8vo, pp. [8], 130, [6]; blue pictorial paper wrappers, fine. Inscribed by Agee on title page. "For Marie- Keep the heart bending, flexible, loving." More
Rincon poetico / Poétic corner / Coin poetique
Iowa City: Pacific Inland Press, 1975. Edition limited to 210 copies, this one of 150 on Strathmore Text; square 8vo, pp. [26] frenchfold; printed in red and black; 4 illustrations by P. G. Montoya; original plain tan wrappers; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. The poems are in Spanish..... More
Rincon poetico / Poétic corner / Coin poetique
Iowa City: Pacific Inland Press, 1975. Edition limited to 210 copies, this one of 60 on Suzuki handmade, square 8vo, pp. [26] frenchfold; printed in red and black; 4 illustrations by P. G. Montoya; original plain blue wrappers; short tear in the fore-edge, else fine. From the library of Kim..... More
Punch the immortal liar
New York: Alred A. Knopf, 1921. First edition, 8vo, pp. [8], 80; near fine copy in original patterened boards, orange wrap-around label. More
Poems of the middle west...A Bookfellow book
Cedar Rapids: Torch Press, 1942. First edition, small 8vo, pp. 69; tan cloth-backed boards (a bit soiled), paper spine and cover labels printed in tan and black; a very nice copy inscribed by the author. More
Marjorie's three gifts ... Illustrated
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, n.d., [ca. 1899]. First separate edition, slim 8vo, pp. [2], 41, [5]; 4 plates; original green pictorial cloth stamped in green, yellow, and gilt; extremities slightly rubbed; very good. This tale for girls was originally published in My Girls (1878), and was the second of..... More
Why the chimes rang. An ancient Christmas legend
Lawrenceburg, [Indiana]: privately printed [for] Cornelius O'Brien, 1935. Edition limited to 65 numbered copies (this, no. 18); small 8vo, pp. 12, [4]; 3 small illustrations in the text; generally a fine copy in original brown cloth-backed brown paper-covered boards, publisher's slipcase. Originally published in 1909 by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1873-1924)..... More
Baby [sic] bell ... with illustrations
Boston: James R. Osgood and Co., 1878. First edition, square, thin 8vo, pp. [44]; wood-engraved illustrations throughout; original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on spine, and in gilt and black on upper cover, beveled edges, a.e.g.; spine ends worn, else very good. BAL 298: "Reprinted from The Ballad of Babie..... More
The poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich illustrated by the Paint and Clay Club
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1882. 8vo, pp. [4], 228, [26]; portrait frontispiece and 28 text engravings, many full-page, by Marcus Waterman, Francis Davis Millet, William Ladd Taylor, etc., engraved by W. B. Closson, J. P. Davis, Frank French, and others; original pictorial gray wrappers; spine perished..... More
Judith and Holofernes: a poem.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., The Riverside Press, 1896. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 78; orig. red cloth, paper label on spine; very slight spotting of the covers, one very short tear in the margin of the preliminary advertisement leaf, else fine, in a protective red cloth..... More
